Grassroots Activism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Myth 7 We’re All in This Together From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This chapter highlights how the climate crisis affects communities unequally, with some facing greater hardships and critiques the leaders responsible for these affects.	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From Myth 8 Nothing Is Preventing Capitalism from Becoming Green! From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This chapter challenges the idea that capitalism can grow without harming the environment, critiques the concept of "decoupling", and highlights how climate impacts are unevenly …	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From Myth 9 We Just Need to Make an Energy Transition! From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This chapter discusses why capitalism is unlikely to abandon its dependence on fossil fuels and transition toward a renewable economic model.	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	11	2024	$1.10 Add
From Naming Our Feelings about the Global Eco-social Crisis From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, I have named and expressed my feelings about the global eco-social crisis and encouraged you to do the same. In my experience, this is very empowering work because we discover …	Kate Davies	19	2018	$1.90 Add
NEW! NOlympians Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond Fernwood Publishing	NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond investigates the intersection of the global rise of anti-Olympics activism and the declining …	Jules Boykoff	208	2020	View
From NEW! Nolympics LA Hits Its Stride Fighting the Olympic Machine From: NOlympians View Fernwood Publishing		Jules Boykoff	53	2020	$5.30 Add
From NEW! Non-humans (heard and Unheard) From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Kite and Robbie Wing discuss workshops they lead, combining Indigenous listening practices and the urban or built environment to inform each participant’s perception of the workshop.	Dylan Reid	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Notes From: NOlympians View Fernwood Publishing		Jules Boykoff	24	2020	$2.40 Add
From One Day in a Cage Notes on the Temporary Detention Centre From: Whose Streets? View Between The Lines	From Whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest	David Wachsmuth	7	2011	$0.70 Add
From Ontario Works How Did This Happen to Me? From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	13	2010	$1.30 Add
From Ontario’s Push to Early Childhood Education and Care for All From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Laurel Rothman	6	2010	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Opening Night From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on the event’s first live televised town hall and the Nova Scotia …	Robert Ashe	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Optimism of the Will There Is an Alternative From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter considers what is needed to counter neoliberalism and comments on the positive signs of the rise in union activity and the common cause of diverse grassroots movements in advocating …	Alex Himelfarb	22	2024	$2.20 Add
Organizing the 1% How Corporate Power Works	Canada is ruled by an organized minority of the 1%, a class of corporate owners, managers and bankers who amass wealth by controlling the large corporations at the core of the economy. But …		184		View
From Oxfam Canada The “Fair Trade in Coffee” Campaign From: Activism That Works View Fernwood Publishing		Bill Hynd; Carol Miller	15	2011	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Packrat City From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Tatum Taylor Chaubal connects her “packrat” collecting tendencies with her role and values as a city heritage planner, advocating for these roles to include preserving the “messy urbanism” of the past.	Dylan Reid	4	2025	$0.40 Add